mandible

1. The jaw in vertebrates that is hinged to open the mouth (synset 105283404)
   is a type of:

   • articulator - a movable speech organ
   • jaw - the part of the skull of a vertebrate that frames the mouth and holds the teeth
   subtypes: lantern jaw - a long thin lower jaw
   has:

   • gnathion - the most inferior point of the mandible in the midline
   • gonion - the craniometric point on either side at the apex of the lower jaw
   • mandibular notch - small indentation in the middle of the lower jawbone
   • pogonion - the craniometric point that is the most forward-projecting point on the anterior surface of the chin
   • symphysion - the most forward point of the alveolar process of the mandible
   • condylar process, condyloid process, mandibular condyle - the condyle of the ramus of the mandible that articulates with the skull
   • coronoid process of the mandible - the coronoid process that provides an attachment for the temporal muscle
   same as: jawbone, jowl, lower jaw, lower jawbone, mandibula, mandibular bone, submaxilla

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